embedded systems to learn and create
David will share using a Raspberry Pi to tell him when deer visit his yard for lunch.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).
Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal
Join Us Online here:
Deid will share his Scooter Speedometer project with us.
Event topics
Robotics Microcontrollers Arduino Electronics Education & Technology
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).
Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal
Join Us Online here:
We will be having a discussion about Projects that we are working on, but haven’t shared with the group. These can be projects that are successful or ones that just didn’t work out and have been abandoned. We’ll enjoy hearing about other’s projects, and perhaps even offer to help.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).
Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal
Join Us Online here:
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Joel will be presenting a hydroponics controller based on the esp32 and connected to a raspberry pi using home assistant. Here are some links to home assistant and associated sites.
https://www.home-assistant.io/
Joel’s presentation .pdf is here.
HydroponicsController9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).
Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal
Join Us Online here:
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
This will be an open discussion of IoT with an introduction by Robert discussing his old IoT setup at home and the continuing process of his migration to Home Assistant.
Robert’s presentation pdf is here.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).
Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal
Join Us Online here:
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
NetSIG is a Special Interest Group focused on computer networking. Building networks for Today and Tomorrow!
Last month we explored MACVLAN interfaces, and how it makes it easier for Linux Containers (LXD).
This month, BRING YOUR PI, and a 32 GB SD Card, and we’ll do a Linux Containers INSTALL FEST on your Pi.
We will be meeting in-person at Quality Foods (small boardroom upstairs), bring a laptop and have Wireshark installed. This will be hands on. PLEASE BRING an ETHERNET dongle/port as we will be ssh-ing into your Pi, and configuring Linux Containers.
Quality Foods View Royal 6:30pm
27 Helmcken Rd #110 · Victoria, BC
Afterword, we will go out for a beer/coffee.
In this session, we’ll demo the Go programming language. We’ll review the basics of the language, and how to get started with it. We’ll also look at some of the tools that are available to help you program in Go.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).
Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal
Join Us Online here:
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
GitHub Repo – Includes presentation slides and code examples:
https://github.com/netserf/vicpimakers-presentation-go-learn-by-doing
Feedback:
Since the last discussion went so well, perhaps we can do Best Practices in Coding discussion again, this time focused on Python.
We will be holding a Hybrid meeting (in-person & Jitsi).
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal
After using Linux Containers (LXD) for a couple of years, Craig will share how to easily get your containers connected to the internet using a MACVLAN interface. No reconfiguration of the host is required. This technique can be used on Pi’s as well as other hosts.
We will set up containers using the MACVLAN network attachment, discuss limitations, and even run LXDware, a web-based GUI for LXD on a Pi.
We will be holding a Hybrid meeting (in-person & Jitsi).
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Small Boardroom @ Quality Foods, 27 Helmcken Rd #110 · View Royal
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation (virtual)
10a Presentation
Jim will cover the details of Infra-Red Communications, including basic components (emitter & receiver), data encoding methods, external components & software, how to generate pulses, and how to receive pulses on the Pi Pico.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation (virtual)
10a Presentation
Bring your sensor stories, and projects and share them with the group.
Jim Briante presenting
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation (virtual)
10a Presentation
Jim’s Presentation Notes are here.
IrDA Infrared communication
Infrared Emitting Diode
• Angle of half intensity: ϕ,
• Relative radian power vs wave length
Infrared Receiver
• Series for remote control
• Automatic gain control (AGC)
• Data format compatibility
Data Encoding Methods
• Pulse distance encoding, Pulse width encoding, Manchester bi-phase encoding
Basic IR System –IR emitter/receiver
• External components/software
• Generating Pulses
• With PSoC PWM interrupts
• Raspberry Pi Pico State Machine
• Receiving Pulse
• Raspberry Pi Pico using interrupts
Single Pulse Application Example
IR Receiver for Continuous Data Communication
• What works for RS-232 data transmission and why?
Project Utilising IR emitters/Receivers using RS-232 Communication
Reference
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation (virtual)
10a Presentation
Flask is a micro web framework written in Python. Applications that use Flask include Pinterest and LinkedIn.
In this presentation, we’ll review the Flask web development from the perspective of a new web developer and build up our understanding “one drop at a time.”
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
See how easy it is to code microcontrollers with CircuitPython and the Mu development environment.
CircuitPython is a version of Python 3 created to run on small microcontrollers. Mu is a very simple Python writing tool. Put them together and programming micros becomes faster and more fun.
Lynn’s presentation is here:
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Intro to Pi & Others Discussion. We will review the course materials, and discuss improvements, and getting the word out.
Intro to Pi & Others is a four part series with each session building on the previous sessions, where Pi basics of software and hardware will be explored.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PDT
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Share the projects you have been working on over the summer. This will be a virtual show and tell using Jitsi.
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Sadly, we are still dealing with Covid-19, and the meetings will be virtual in the month of September.
Deid’s Clock presentation is here.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Don will share with us some cool hardware additions to automate your Pi.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Presentation material is here.
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Jim will share with us his secrets in Prototyping projects, from concept to breadboarding, prototyping and printed circuit
board.
The discussion will touch on hardware/software tools used in each of the phases with focus on methods of prototyping and assembly.
See the presentation .pdf here.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.
Algol, the Algorithmic Language. Murray will share the ins and outs of Algol, and the really cool things he has done with it.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Lynn will share with us the many Display options available for embedded systems.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.
Get Lynn’s presentation here.
Deid and others will share what sensors they have been using to sense the real world and report it to the computer world.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.
Click to page 2 for presentation links and images.
Alan German will walk us through the golden years of computer programming, covering many languages we all know and love, and some we may not have heard of.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.